144326 nations on nation states and why did you join.

[Maurepas]

A long time ago at this point. Originally I randomly came across it trawling Wikipedia as I am wont to do when I stumbled upon the Wiki entry on Micronations. I joined as the perpetually edgy "Hemorrage"(correct spelling was taken), it was 2005, I was only 15 at the time. I joined the Forum after I made a new nation called "Skalvia", and I switched to this one when we moved off of Jolt and onto this forum, mostly because it was a nation closer to home, with Fort Maurepas being in my hometown.

[The Alexanderians]

I play the civilization series of games since early childhood and I love history and culture especially unique ones I started looking up any kind of online games that lets you control your own nation in civ style. Since I had no idea how to code at the time I couldn't just write in a new civ to the game (cut me a break I was a kid with a short attention span) so I did a google search for "nation simulator". Cybernations came up first but I had no idea what was going on in the sign up process and I eventually found Nation States instead about a year later. Aside from the fact that there was no actual warfare in the Civ series sense of it, I found what I wanted: a nation simulator. Though it had more politics than I wanted (like my interest was culture not politics and my first major battle with depression was aggravated by some of the bulls*** I saw on the forums, so that didn't help first impressions) but through it all, the Rhys and fall, it had at it's core what I wanted. It was my story to write and I love anything with that aspect to it. I was creator, in my nation I was God. Blasphemous boasts aside, and a little less melodramatically it let me shape my nation to have a culture of my choosing, though I kind of wish there were more issues helping to shape that culture but what can you do the issue writers are swamped as it is.

[Protestant Ulster]

originally i joined when i was 14 now being 15 i realize that nation states was just like the real world but with a awesome twist of fate i try this site out attempting to recreate the nation of Rhodesia only to fail then i turned to Northern Ireland

[New Skaaneland]

I didn't "join" something. I created a nation.

[Galmarch]

Used to play eRepublik and got bored with that after a few years and then found this site which I've been on since 2011 I think.

[Infected Mushroom]

i joined because i knew this was a realistic simulation and i wanted to test out how good of a leader i would make irl

[Gyrenaica]

Was looking for a country simulator.

[Soled]

I joined NationStates for the first time on the 16th of May 2013, as Kazbulikstan. I found it on some YouTube channel, who had a nation called Brabantium. I looked around, created my own nation. I lost the password for Kazbulikstan after a few months and founded Soled.

[Gyrenaica]

I joined NationStates for the first time on the 16th of May 2013, as Kazbulikstan. I found it on some YouTube channel, who had a nation called Brabantium. I looked around, created my own nation. I lost the password for Kazbulikstan after a few months and founded Soled.

You didn't set up an email for your other account?

[Deral]

I was wandering around TVTropes, wasting away the hours, when I stumbled upon the page on NationStates. I thought that it seemed interesting, so here I am!

[Ethel mermania]

I read an article about new ways for an artist to connect with their audience, and this site was mentioned.

[Lydenburg]

I asked where the washroom was, and ended up here.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

So you may be asking "what are we suppose to discuss about". Well, I guess why you joined is a good start.

I was extremely bored one night, sitting in my room alone, being a loner and whatnot. Being religious at the time, I began praying to God, begging for him to reveal to me something I may do.

The next thing I remember, I'm curled up on the top shelf of my closet, there's large amounts of ecstasy and what I think may have been horseradish covering my face, I hung and burned an effigy of Ayn Rand outside my window, and I copied the entirety of the Communist Manifesto onto my walls in red sharpie. And there, lying just outside my closet, is my laptop - two tabs open. One is NationStates. The other is a Google search on "how to make max stop."

That was over three years ago. I haven't left yet.

Help. Me.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Trust me, that's a dangerous question to ask.

You don't wanna know.

[Hurdegaryp]

Of those 4.1 million nations the vast majority don't exist anymore. The 4.1 million is the number that has been created since the website started in 2003.

Still there are thousands of active nations and many more are formed every single day.

In reality there are only a few thousand people here. The rest of the nations are puppets. So many puppets.

[Singaporean Transhumans]

I was looking for 1984-related videos and suddenly this happened.

[Hurdegaryp]

I was looking for 1984-related videos and suddenly this happened.
(Image)

And the rest, as they say, is history.

[The Holy Therns]

Mostly the sex.

[Hurdegaryp]

I accidentally joined, I've accidentally been here nearly three years.

And a beautiful accident it is.

[Quintium]

It must have been 2006 or 2007 when I started to play. Never posted on the forums, just picked sides on the issues and saw my nation develop. I think the name of my nation was Quintium even back then, but I couldn't find it anymore when I wanted to start again. Someone I knew was playing this game, and he talked about it a bit, and then I decided to try it for myself.

[Dumb Ideologies]

Some school friends invited me in 2002 or near enough to join their group for wrecking communist regions. Being a communist at the time, I informed everyone they were planning to invade before the event so they always failed. When they stopped playing, I did for a bit. Came back with some different friends a year or so later. That region died out. I lurked the forums a bit and occasionally posted, then I left for another year or so before remembering the place and setting up this nation. Nearly escaped the orbit, but no cigar.

[Hurdegaryp]

Back in the days I got into this game because of some friends who also were cultivating their own little nation. After a while they lost interest and sacrificed their nations to the void, but I proved to be a bit more obstinate. Granted, my nation was comatose for a few years, but I managed to bring it back.

[Dumb Ideologies]

Back in the days I got into this game because of some friends who also were cultivating their own little nation. After a while they lost interest and sacrificed their nations to the void, but I proved to be a bit more obstinate. Granted, my nation was comatose for a few years, but I managed to bring it back.

More's the pity

[Hurdegaryp]

Back in the days I got into this game because of some friends who also were cultivating their own little nation. After a while they lost interest and sacrificed their nations to the void, but I proved to be a bit more obstinate. Granted, my nation was comatose for a few years, but I managed to bring it back.

More's the pity

Admit it, this place wouldn't be the same without me.

[Dumb Ideologies]

More's the pity

Admit it, this place wouldn't be the same without me.

Syria wouldn't be the same without ISIS...